Jan Vlk

Jan Vlk

Autonomous Systems Researcher

PhD Cybernetics & Robotics student @ CTU Prague
Building perception systems for autonomous agents

3+ Years in Robotics
5+ Research Projects
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Robotic Systems

Control algorithms for autonomous robots navigation based on predicted terrain properties

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Autonomous Driving

Real-world LiDAR processing for object detection and tracking in all driving environments

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Computer Vision

Multi-sensor fusion combining LiDAR, camera, and depth for robust perception

My Journey

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BSc Cybernetics & Robotics

2020 - 2023

Czech Technical University
Thesis: Autonomous Road Crossing with a Mobile Robot

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Porsche Engineering Student Contest

2022

2nd Place
Developed software for autonomous car model

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MSc Cybernetics & Robotics

2023 - 2025

Czech Technical University
Thesis: Unsupervised Approaches for 4D Panoptic Segmentation in LiDAR Driving Scenes

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Robotour

2025

2nd Place
Autonomous robotic beer delivery

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Researcher and PhD student

2025 - Present

Czech Technical University
Control of autonomous agents based on terrain properties

Technical Expertise

🎯 Core Languages

Python C++ LaTeX ROS2 Bash MATLAB

πŸ”¬ Computer Vision

PyTorch Open3D OpenCV

βš™οΈ Tools & Platforms

Linux Vim Git Docker Gazebo NVIDIA Jetson

What I'm Building

πŸŽ“ Dissertation

Physics-Guided Learning for Machine Control
Control of autonomous robots based on the terrain properties obtained through perception and physics-informed neural networks

PyTorch ROS2 Open3D Docker

πŸ”¬ Research Project

Outdoor Autonomous Robotics
Topics tied to autonomous operation in outdoor environments, such as semantic segmentation, navigation, localization, ...

C++ Python NVIDIA Jetson HPC

πŸ’» Open Source

Online Monitoring
Software for online monitoring of deployed robots

And Much More
Almost all I develop is available under open source license

Python JavaScript CI/CD Documentation

Beyond Code

Sports

Competitive dancer β€’ Amateur runner, climber, tennis player, ...

Photography

Amateur photographer & videographer

Travel

I love to travel β€’ Visited 15+ countries both for work and pleasure

Let's Build the Future Together

I'm always interested in collaborating on autonomous systems projects, whether it's research, open source, or industry applications.